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  2. Fort Mackenzie - Wikipedia

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    Fort Mackenzie was established in Sheridan in 1898 as a U.S. Army outpost in northern Wyoming.It was named for Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie (1840 – 1889), a veteran of the Powder River Expedition who defeated Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife near the Big Horn Mountains in the Dull Knife Fight of 1876.

  3. Naskapi - Wikipedia

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    Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach (the "Nation"), originally known as the “Naskapis de Schefferville Indian Band” and later as the “Naskapi Band of Quebec”, is a First Nation in with a population of approximately 850 registered First Nations people, who are also beneficiaries of the Northeastern Quebec Agreement ("NEQA").

  4. List of Hudson's Bay Company trading posts - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Hudson's Bay Company trading posts. [1]For the fur trade in general see North American fur trade and Canadian canoe routes (early).For some groups of related posts see Fort-Rupert for James Bay.

  5. Category:Military forts in Quebec - Wikipedia

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  6. Roderick Mackenzie of Terrebonne - Wikipedia

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    Their eldest daughter, Susan, married Sir Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Prime Minister of Quebec. Rachel Mackenzie. In 1843, she married Jean-Baptiste Bruyère (1809-1859), of Châteauguay. Lt.-Colonel Alexander Mackenzie (1805−1862), was an officer in the British Army and a partner in the North West Company.

  7. Citadelle of Quebec - Wikipedia

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    A cannon is fired from the fort daily at noon as a time signal. It can be heard throughout Quebec City. Originally, two guns were fired each day, at noon to alert Quebec City residents of the lunch hour and the Angelus or noon-day prayer, and at 9:30 pm, marking the curfew for soldiers in the city. The tradition has continued since 1871, save ...

  8. Districts of the Northwest Territories - Wikipedia

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    Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut - initially included modern-day northern Quebec; the interior of modern-day Labrador; and islands in Hudson Bay, James Bay and Ungava Bay that are now part of Nunavut. - The southernmost part of the district was ceded to Quebec in 1898. - All remaining continental land was ceded to Quebec in 1912.

  9. North West Company - Wikipedia

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    XY Company or formally the New North West Company, and sometimes Alexander MacKenzie & Co. In 1798 Forsyth, Richardson & Co, Parker, Gerrand & Ogilvy and John Mure of Quebec formed the XY Company. In 1799 MacKenzie left the NWC and went to England. Next year he bought shares in XY and soon became the effective head of the firm.